The Pilgrim's Progress

Klappentext The Pilgrim's Progress (Part I 1678/Part II 1684) holds a unique place in the history of English literature. No other seventeenth-century work except the King James Bible, nothing from the pen of a writer of Bunyan's social class in any period, and no other Christian work, has enjoyed such an extensive readership. The pilgrim Christian, Mr Worldly Wiseman, Giant Despair, Hopeful, and Ignorance are engaged in a powerful drama set against a solidly realistic background of town and country. Bunyan captures the speech of ordinary people as accurately as he depicts their behaviour and appearance and as firmly as he realizes their inner emotional and spiritual life. The tale is related in language remarkable for its beauty and simplicity, and is spiced with Bunyan's acute and satirical perceptions of the vanity and hypocrisy of his own society. Zusammenfassung This allegory of Christian life describes the pilgrimage of the hero! Christian! from the Shadow of Destruction via the Slough of Despond! the Hill of Difficulty! the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Vanity Fair! over the River of the Water of Life and into the Celestial City.

Product details

• Authors: J. Bunyan, John Bunyan
• Assisted by: Tom Griffith (Editor), Stuart Sim (Introduction), Griffith Tom (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1996
• EAN: 9781853264689
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-468-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Wordsworth Classics of World Literature; Wordsworth Classics; Wordsworth Classics of World Literature; Classics of World Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays, Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: literary and general